HR 4119
Polisario Front Terrorist Designation Act
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Bill overview
This bill aims to designate the Polisario Front as a foreign terrorist organization and impose sanctions against it. The bill’s findings highlight the group’s ties to Iran, Hezbollah, and the PKK, including documented support for training and weaponry. It directs the State Department and Treasury to assess whether the Polisario Front meets the criteria for designation and sanctions, with a potential waiver possible if the group is actively engaged in negotiations for autonomy within Morocco’s sovereignty.
Key provisions
- Directs the Secretary of State to report on the Polisario Front’s leadership, operations, and foreign sponsors.
- Requires the Secretary of State to determine if the Polisario Front should be designated as a foreign terrorist organization.
- Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to determine if sanctions should be imposed on the Polisario Front.
- Establishes a process for Congressional committees to review these determinations.
- Allows the President to waive sanctions if the Polisario Front is engaged in good-faith negotiations for autonomy.
- Specifies the legal basis for sanctions (Immigration and Nationality Act and Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act).
Who is affected
- The Polisario Front
- Iran
- Hezbollah
- The PKK
- Morocco
Notable changes
- The bill seeks to formally recognize the Polisario Front as a potential terrorist organization.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 4119
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to the Polisario Front, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Polisario Front Terrorist Designation Act
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Congress finds the following:
Interior MinisterOmar Mansour stated that his fighters were training on
assembling and operating armed drones. A year later, images disseminated via Polisario-controlled social media channels showed Iranian-type munitions, as confirmed by open-source weapons researchers.
Sahrawi Solidarity Summitin the Sahrawi camps on January 4–7 2025.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate Congressional committees a report on the Polisario Front to include the following:
The designations and sanctions described in section (4) of this bill may be waived by the President if it is determined that the Polisario Front is engaged in good faith negotiations to implement the autonomy plan for the Western Sahara put forward by the Kingdom of Morocco and submitted to the UN Security Council in 2007, which proposes granting the Sahrawi people a high degree of self-governance within a framework of Moroccan sovereignty.